Watch the improved version of this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3ulzqNylc7OZdI.html The new video contains a voiceover and historic material!

Every time that I see something about Zandvoort I can't help but think about Roger Williamson's tragic accident in 1973. I don't remember why, but the 1973 Dutch GP was broadcast here in the US, and I just remember his accident and the heroic efforts of David Purley to try and save him. God bless David, and God love Roger.

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

A tragedy that will remain forever connected to Zandvoort. Just like the Piers Courage accident in 1970, almost at the same site ("Tunnel Oost" 3:14).

@andyka591

4 жыл бұрын

That circuit was pretty hard, i always crashed in Assetto Corsa. Especially at downhill part i couldn't control the brake😂

this music during presentation of old photos makes me very nostalgic

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

Than I choosed the right music :)

Bravo! An excellent overview of the old and new tracks, complete with maps and vistas of the location of the old turns! Couldn't ask for more, other than to actually be there. Thank you, sir!

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Thanks for your great work keeping the memory of these original circuits alive. I raced my 911 here in 1990 as a special "away" race in the Porsche Club GB Championship season. I knew it was a shortened circuit, but I had no idea that I only missed racing the old circuit by a year or so !

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

The first time I vitied Zandvoort was in 1989, short after the track was shortened. But the old circuit was still complete and I could enter the old part from the parking by car. When I came back a few moths later the last 2 corners were destroyed, so I was just in time.

In the spring - before the Dutch GP ;) - I will publish a very cool remake of this video. With a voice ocer, track maps and brand new footage! Don't miss it and subscribe to my channel!

@PieterPatrick

4 жыл бұрын

Subscribed... And waiting... :-)

@Circuitsofthepast

4 жыл бұрын

@@PieterPatrick Unfortunately it has been postponed because of Covid-19. But next week I go filming at Zandvoort for the new documentary about the old layout of Zandvoort.

@PieterPatrick

4 жыл бұрын

@@Circuitsofthepast Great! I hope there will be a nice sea breeze for you.

@Circuitsofthepast

3 жыл бұрын

UPDATE: Because of Covid-19 I had to wait long before I could film at Zandvoort. However, the filming part is now done, now the editing. The expected release date will be in December.

On December 18, 2020 I will publish a very cool remake of this video. With a voiceover, track maps and brand new footage! Don't miss it and subscribe to my channel!

Just looking at the tunnel oost kink now with all that grass, just imagining Roger Williamson’s crash site, just imagine walking on that field and looking where it kinks knowing a young man was burned to death near the tree line 😔 it’s sad really, they should of kept that part of the track instead of turning it into a golf course or something, it’s weird seeing the crash footage then seeing it covered in grass

@CardboardCockney

5 жыл бұрын

Actually Roger Williamson didn’t burn to death. He was asphyxiated.

@mellilore

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Lambert (1968 F2 event) and Piers Courage (1970 F1 race) also died more or less at the same place. Really sad to see nothing has been done to preserve the memory of their fate.

Nice video! For your next Germany visit I wanna suggest the Alemannenring in Singen. For 5 years in the 90s DTM held races there. It's a city circuit, but still I would like to see it if possible :) it's quite unlikely there are held any races again.

I’have just read all comments, so true, so cheerfull for those guys who gave their lives for their rie passion, and due to the awful lack of respect to their perdons. Because both Piers and Roger accidents might have ended differently, has the security been put at thé best level of that time… Piers Courage was my hero. I was 13. No film as for Roger. 3 years later, I was watching the GP at the french tv when Roger’s accident occured. After a few laps, some advertising was launch by the production and the accident came out in the mean time. Immediately, the production turned back to the race and we saw thé March gliding on the track up side down and of course the desperate Purley trying to fight against the fire… Coming back to Piers, June 23 1970, I was on the spot of his accident, along the old track, on June 23, 2020. Exactly at the same time he lost his life. Despite Covid 19, but hopefully where I could walk all along the urban small road which leads to the golf… With magnifient white articitial flowers, composed by a french shop in Normandy. In memory of this Young handsome and talented driver who I adopted in my hart for ever. I stood on the spot about one hour. Thé went to the parking of the sport complex, at the end if this small road for a snack. Bélize me or not, when I got back if this dead end (with no word joke), someone had taken the flowers away. It was writen Piers Courage Zandvoort 1970-2020. I spent some time to look for them around but nothing. When some of you sais that is a pity for having destroyed this part of the track, with no mention of thise hits, with Chris Lambert as well, who fall down the ancien bridge and killed a woman passing by at the wrong moment, all due to à suicidary manœuvre if Claude Regazzoni who tried to pass on where there was no place for two cars side by side… un 67 during a F2 European Championship race … You are far from stupidity from those people. It is far beyond that. Unhumanity. Shame on those who let Roger dying il the flames. Shame on those who let Piers burning in his car. Photographs available now on internet are terrible. Imagine spectators, Young Ines, seeing all during the race the burned body on the sand, in the remainings if his De Tomaso, and covered afterwards while his chums still battled on the track… Shame on the une who even not withstood the présence of flowers 50 years after the drama. I will be 67 tomorrow. It will always stay in my mind, my eyes, my hart, as an terrible injuries Philippe Henry 06 83 38 02 75

@2:38 is that red brick house to the right the original one from the 70's (I think I remember seeing one in early footage from the Williamson crash)?

I wish I had lived in 70's. Now, we are getting closer to loose legends like Niki Lauda, Sir Jackie Steward and Stirling Moss.

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

I was a child in the 70's, but started to be interested in motorsport in the 80's.

@SlothOnMeth

5 жыл бұрын

Rip Niki

Mooie video weer en het circuit is pas nog opnieuw geasfalteerd. En net als jij hoop ik niet dat F1 terugkeert naar Zandvoort als ze daarvoor de layout weer moeten veranderen. Als het doorgaat gaan ze zeker de Tarzan, Gerlach en Hugenholtzbocht verplaatsen voor een grotere paddock. F1 hebben we al met Historic GP.

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

Sterker nog, er ligt al sinds eind jaren 80 een plan om de Gerlach- en Hugenholtzbocht af te breken en daarvoor in de plaats een haakse linkerbocht aan te leggen die rechtstreeks de Hunserug op leidt. Afgezien van het verlies van deze twee bochten (Uit eigen ervaring kan ik zeggen dat de Gerlachbocht een hele mooie bocht is) zou dit de hele sprint richting Scheivlak verknoeien.

@Volante79

7 жыл бұрын

Ja, zulke plannen had ik jaren geleden ook al gehoord. Ik ben benieuwd (en houdt mijn hart vast), in de zomer de uitslag of Zandvoort in aanmerking komt voor de F1.

@bbirdman1981

7 жыл бұрын

vind t circuit ook mooi zoals t is. ik denk dat als ze dat willen doen, de toegangswegen naar t circuit het grootste probleem zal zijn.

@Volante79

7 жыл бұрын

Dat is een behoorlijk probleem wat in combinatie met strandverkeer nog erger is. Ik kan me nog een demo van Schumacher herinneren, toen stond het verkeer tot laat in de avond vast. Als er een GP op Zandvoort komt en Max heeft de kans om te winnen, boek dan maar lang van te voren een huisje naast het circuit. :P

@JohanArn1

4 жыл бұрын

Het valt mee

Good video, this video made me want to visit that track, in my city there is a track that I host the pre f1 in 1948, This track is abandoned and the grass covered almost everything, fangio came to compete here before being a champion in the F1, the track worked until 1994, when I pass by there gives me a feeling of admiration to know that fangio gave part of his steps there , what is the name of the song ? The track is located in piriapolis, uruguay, Sorry for my bad english jajajaj

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

De nada jajaja

Otro circuito espectacular que se han cargado.

3:56 This was the place where Roger Williamson died. R.I.P.

@Circuitsofthepast

5 жыл бұрын

No, that was at 3:14 RIP

They made recently a change but fortunately not a layout change.

@Circuitsofthepast

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! And you can see that changes here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5eAs9CEpqman9o.html And soon there will be more footage from Zandvoort, in the present and the past.

Dont Forget to talk about the Bremgarten race track. Was a great Swiss race track !

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

Yes that was a great track too. However, I didn't visited it yet. If I ever visit it I will make a video about it.

Amazing video! This makes me excited for the races this year at Zandvoort I hope one day I can watch a f1 race at Zandvoort... Will take at least 4325439 years tho.. xD.

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

Bedankt. Maar ik hoop niet dat de Formule 1 terug naar Zandvoort komt. Het circuit zal dan moeten worden aangepast, hetgeen betekent dat er nog meer van de oude layout zal verdwijnen.

Nice

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

porque lo abandonaron sabes algo al respecto

Shame all these great historic tracks are lost or ruined

What a shame they destroyed the old track. Anyway great video thanks

@Circuitsofthepast

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes the old circuit was the best. Especially the pre-1973 version with no chicanes. However, the current track is also great. It contains about 50% of the original layout. But I fear for the future of it when they adjust the track for F1.

@AlonsoRules

5 жыл бұрын

the destruction of Zandvoort is worse than Hockenheim

@listerstormablecartoonandt1103

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlonsoRules Zandvoort Is egual than Hockenheim

@henryb.2941

4 жыл бұрын

@@Circuitsofthepast What do you think of the new improvements to the track? Max Verstappen drove some laps today in the Red Bull RB8 from 2012

@Circuitsofthepast

4 жыл бұрын

@@henryb.2941 I will check it out this weekend. However, I'm happy they didn't changed the character of the track. And the high banked Arie Luyendijk Corner is cool. I like high banked corners :) PS: Kom jij ook uit Nederland?

Whats the name of soundtrack??

@Circuitsofthepast

6 жыл бұрын

Days are long

@AirJordan-dp1gx

6 жыл бұрын

Circuits of the past thank you👍

Welcome back Zandvoort

@Circuitsofthepast

4 жыл бұрын

Saturday I go to Zandvoort, for the first races on the new track. The footage will appear here soon as possible. And later I will film a lap on the new track, for a remake of this video.

It's so sad that this magnificent piece of history was butchered... all about money 😞😞😞

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

Fortunately 50% of the old track is still there. But it is under threat when they realy want to get F1 back. There are plans to cut off the 3rd corner to create more space for the paddock. That would destroy the whole old section.

@ulysse21

6 жыл бұрын

Sad. Modern F1 destroys everything

@Gorerupted

6 жыл бұрын

Luckily there is another racetrack in Assen ;) and they are making big steps and already have a license since a few weeks so it is just a matter of time before the F1 comes to Assen.. i live in Zandvoort but im still a proud Drenth (province where Assen is)

@chielwouterscw

5 жыл бұрын

Circuits of the past it's a shame if they would ever deconstruct that section, especially the tight and banked third corner. This track has been praised by numerous F1 drivers for it's tight turns, height difference and overtaking possibilities. It would be very fun to have this track back in F1 but they should keep it how it is (or maybe even extend it)

@Circuitsofthepast

4 жыл бұрын

@_SilverArrow_xxx I'm happy they didn't destroy the layout. And yes, banked corners are cool!

3:46 min: Is this the corner where Roger Williamson tragically died?

@Circuitsofthepast

6 жыл бұрын

Almost. You see the exact site at 3:15.

Was this the race where the six wheel tyrell and the fan car won?

@Circuitsofthepast

7 жыл бұрын

No, that was at Anderstorp in Sweden.

@reichtangle5545

7 жыл бұрын

Circuits of the past which team lotus was in the video? andretti or peterson?

Why changed zandvort only 1 km.change cut no too long i m happy thyt this circiut is back

@Circuitsofthepast

2 жыл бұрын

The answer is given in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dI55zNd6iK-uqMY.html

98

@Circuitsofthepast

3 жыл бұрын

No, 89.

Apologistes for some Words rewritten by my phone which works in french language… If I could, I would have posted the photograph taken on June 23, 2020 …

Era veramente tosto

@Circuitsofthepast

2 жыл бұрын

Guarda anche la versione migliorata di questo video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3ulzqNylc7OZdI.html

On December 18, 2020 I will publish a very cool remake of this video. With a voiceover, track maps and brand new footage! Don't miss it and subscribe to my channel!